In order to enhance the productivity and the life cycle of consumables while reducing the running cost, the work load of an operator and the equipment investment expense, a carrier for sheetlike articles is provided with a folding drum (11) for carrying sheetlike articles sheet by sheet or by stacking a plurality of sheets of articles; a biting drum (12) and a deceleration drum (13) for carrying the sheetlike articles by holding them by every other holding means in the case of carrying a plurality of sheetlike articles by stacking them; an upper transient drum (14) facing the biting drum or the deceleration drum; a lower transient drum (15) opposing the biting drum or the deceleration drum; and a switching means for carrying the sheetlike articles by separating the sheetlike articles from the biting drum or the deceleration drum to the upper transient drum and the lower transient drum in the case of carrying a plurality of sheetlike articles by stacking them.
